FAVOURITE AUNT: When Dr. Jenna Davis (middle), an Oakville chiropractor, gives birth next month she will actually become an aunt. That's because the Oakville chiropractor is carrying the biological child of her sister, Karma Brown, and Karma's husband, Adam.
BIRTHDAY BASH: Tongue N' Groove supper club owners Yasmin Warsh, left, and JayT Warsh were in good spirits on the weekend as the Oakville hot spot celebrated its one year anniversary.
ANNUAL PROBLEM: This photo of algae forming at the east end of Bronte Marina was taken two summers ago.
KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR MEDIEVAL BANQUET: St. Bernadette School recently held a medieval banquet in the gymnasium for the Grade 4 students. Helping out were performers from the Academy of Film and Performing Arts in Burlington. Pictured here are Ellen Wilkes Irmisch as Eleanor Of Aquitaine with Chris McClure as a knight in shining armour.
Terry Jackson
SHARING STORIES: The 20 Journeys photo exhibit at Halton Regional Centre showcases stories of immigrants and their path to employment success. Here, Karmen Niazi (Member, Board of Directors for TRIEC) and Romesh Ahuja (Human Resources Professionals Association of Halton) look at a photo of the success story of Geoffrey Mwangi of Kenya.
CHIPPING IN LEGION DONATION: The Oakville Legion, Branch 114, recently made two cheque presentations to the Oakville Hospital Foundation. A cheque for $20,000 went towards the purchase of a Prism machine for renal dialysis and the other cheque for $10,000 went towards orthopeadic surgery. On hand for the donation were (l-r) Mark Andrews, Oakville Legion past president, Shirley Stacey, president, Nancy Merrill, patient care manager Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH), Mandy Walsh, Oakville Hospital Foundation, Ethel Eastwood, Legion's poppy chair, and Nestor Yakimik, Legion first vice-president.
LASTING AID: Hilda Rossi, founder of CCARE, visits a patient at the dental clinic her organization built in La Union, Guatemala with the help of dentist Dr. Russell Glover.
LIVE FROM OAKVILLE MORNING SHOW: Amber and Kanti Dinda and their two kids, Emma and Keith, welcomed John Derringer's Morning Show from Q107 into their living room last Friday. Thanks to a contest, the couple had the radio show broadcast live from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. at their home.
TAKE A BITE OUT OF CROHN'S M&M BBQ DAY: Prince Michael Drive M&M Meat Shop owner Theresa Castonguay, (left) and Debbie Avery, of the CIBC's Lakeshore Road Branch, were busy serving hamburgers at M&M Meat Shops Charity BBQ Day for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada, last Saturday. In addition to volunteering for the barbecue, Avery donated $500. The Prince Michael Drive store raised $2,357.54 for the foundation. Across Oakville, the four M&M Meat Shops raised $13,021 towards the company's Canadian total of $2.05 million.
Meagan McKeen
BIGGER AND BETTER GRAND OPENING: Store Manager Leighton Wills (centre) and his staff prepare to cut a cake in honour of the grand opening of the new LCBO location at Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St. The new stand-alone LCBO store is 10,103 square feet with a shopping area twice the size of the former Hopedale store and has a new Vintages section offering more than 600 fine wines and premium spirits. The store also has a larger chilled display for wine, beer and coolers and sells more than 1,700 products. It is the fifth LCBO store in Oakville.
